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Setting IPv4 as preferred protocol over IPv6

I'm using both IPv6 and IPv4 in a LAN network containing Slackware 13.0 boxes. How can I set IPv4 as preferred protocol on the workstations in this network? I want to use IPv6 either explicitly or when there are only AAAA records available. For…
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Temporary failure in name resolution : Host name lookup failure

I've got a script in PHP that's been running fine for months. It recently stopped working. This script connects to gmail to send out an email to my customers. Recently, I started getting this error when I run the script: The SMTP connection failed…
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How do I fix "getaddrinfo: localhost Name or service not found" for telnet server?

I need to enable telnet (no i can't use ssh, and I don't want to discuss why I have to use telnet either), I have 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost in /etc/hosts. I have installed telnet-server, chkconfigd it on, and enabled xinetd. SElinux…
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Linux getaddrinfo not working with .local domains

I'm connected by PPTP VPN to another network, mainly a windows network. Running Ubuntu 16.04.1, freshly installed. Most of the things I would like to connect to are on a .local domain. I find that any application that does a getaddrinfo during…
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getaddrinfo(3) failed

I'm trying to connect to a webservice using a PHP wrapper (which is using curl under the covers). On my local linux machine running PHP 5.3 it works perfectly. However, when I move to a remote server (also running PHP 5.3 on Linux) the call the the…
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DNS: getaddrinfo() returning different answers depending on trailing dot

Probably a noob question but please explain me what changes in name resolution if I add the trailing dot to a domain name? (hosts file is empty, shouldn't be a problem) >>> print socket.getaddrinfo('google.com',0)[0][4][0] 216.58.212.238 >>> print…
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nginx and php | can't resolve hostname and make connection with FQDN

I don't know what can cause this problem, nginx configs or php or anything else but : I can not make connection when host value for these php functions listed below is set to FQDN like http://www.domain.com or www.domain.com but problem all goes…
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